Ramadhan Day 27 / Juzz 27
"Has the time not come for
those who have believed that their hearts should become humbly submissive at
the remembrance of Allah and what has come down of the truth? And let them not
be like those who were given the Scripture before, and a long period passed
over them, so their hearts hardened; and many of them are defiantly
disobedient." [Hadid: 16]
These ayahs are very powerful.
They are supposed to take nations of Muslims that are weak in faith, and they
are supposed to shake them up and revive their faith. And Allah has this way of
speaking to us, such that it is life - changing.
Allah says: "Has the time
not come for those who have believed that their hearts should become humbly
submissive at the remembrance of Allah and what has come down of the
truth?" Meaning, that just listening to the Qur'an should fill us with awe
and overwhelm us. Allah is asking, isn't It time you felt something? Felt in
awe that Allah is talking to you through these words? Allah says, don't be like
those whose hearts became hardened because they weren't emotionally connected
to the book. We're supposed to have a relationship which moves us to tears.
That Allah Is talking to ME. We shouldn't only have an intellectual
relationship with the quran but emotional relationship with too. Why? Because this
Is the rope that connects us to Allah; the Qur'an.
Part of the meaning of Khushu' is
that mucles/limbs become numb. That you feel this sense of overwhelm and awe of
Allah and His Majesty.
Allah then says, "and many
of them are defiantly disobedient". Meaning, people will have just a
ritualistic relationship with the Qur'an which is a tragedy because the hearts
become hard and dead.
In the verse following onto this,
He (swt) then says, "Allah gives life to the earth after it has
died." In the last ayah the hearts became hard; they were dead. Allah says
if I can bring the dead to life, then I can too being your heart back to life.
SubhanAllah.
Ramadhan is the spring of our
hearts. It's when our hearts come alive because we are connect to the Qur'an.
So make the most of these remaining few days to build on your emotional
relationship with the Qur'an and let your heart be filled with awe.
May Allah make us amongst the
people of the Qur'an, amongst those who are closest to Him, ameen.
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